In-fighting, corruption bane of Nigerian sports – Dalung
Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung has charged the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC to source for additional funds to complement what the government provide as Team Nigeria prepare for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. The minister who spoke in Abuja when he granted audience to members of the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) at the weekend however, promised to ensure that the nation’s contingent to the Rio Games were adequately funded.
Mutiny: Falana petitions Buhari, demands pardon of convicted soldiers
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to grant presidential pardon for all convicted members of the armed forces pursuant to section 175 of the Nigerian Constitution.
79yrs After: Ooni of Ife visits Alaafin of Oyo
For the first time in seven decades, the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi, on Sunday, became the first Ooni to visit Oyo town since 1937.
English Football League tables
English Football League tables after Sunday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)
Boko Haram: Saraki orders review of security in NASS
Chairman of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has directed a review of all security arrangements in the National Assembly to keep the institution abreast of the current challenges in the country, especially now that the Boko Haram insurgency has receded.
EPL: How Rooney’s sucker-punch felled Liverpool
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney pounced to score a 78th-minute winner as his side stunned eternal rivals Liverpool with a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory at a freezing Anfield on Sunday.
Fire razes student’s hostel in Anambra
No fewer than 80 students have been displaced from their boarding house accommodation at the Don Bosco Secondary School and Youth Centre, Obolo Obosi, near Onitsha following a fire incident. The Rector of the school, Charlse Uzoeto, who conducted journalists around the charred remains of the hostel on Sunday, said the fire broke out while […]
Nzeogwu after 50 years: The nationalist dressed in the garb of a tribalist, by Reno Omokri
The late Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu has been my hero right from the time I became politically conscious, however, I wish he had not participated in the January 16th, 1966 coup.
Biafra: Ateke denies issuing 14 days ultimatum to Buhari
PORT HARCOURT: As pro-Biafran agitators threaten to resume protest on Monday, former Niger Delta agitator, High Chief Ateke Tom, has denied giving President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government 14 days ultimatum to grant Biafra freedom or face fresh agitation in the oil rich Niger Delta.
Mass sack hits Imo, 19 parastatals affected
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has summarily sacked scores of the workers in 19 parastatals, agencies and departments, even as their salaries had been stopped with effect from Monday, January 4, 2016.
See Spanish La Liga table
Spanish La Liga table after Sunday’s early game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Atletico Madrid 19 14 2 3 27 8 44
Barcelona 18 13 3 2 44 15 42
